VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA FIRE OFFICIALS  have concluded that a house fire that killed two young women on August 6th was caused by a hot charcoal ember in a hookah pipe.  A group of University of Victoria students had been using the device earlier in the evening and had failed to properly dispose of the burning charcoal that is used to fire the special tobacco used in the hookah.

Fire Chief Doug Angrove said he believes this is the first fire in Canada attributed to the water pipes, which have been used around the globe for centuries.  In recent years they have been increasingly popular with college students.

Victoria FD official displays a hookah
similar to the one that started a fatal fire.
CanWest News Service photo

The Times Colonist has the full STORY.

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